Neolithic Revolution & River Valley Civilizations

How did humans get food during the Paleolithic Era?

• Hunting and Gathering

• Agriculture

• Grocery Shopping

• Scavenging

Before the _______________________ Revolution, people were  _______________________.

• Paleolithic, monsters
• Neolithic, nomads
• 
  innovations, cultivation
• Neolithic, hunter-gatherers

This religious symbol is most associated with which belief system?

• Buddhism
• Confucisnism
• Hinduism
• Judaism

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat?

• a religious and civic center
• a burial place for emperors
• a ship with triangular sails
• a weapon used to destroy walls

Sumerians developed a polytheistic religion. What does polytheistic mean?

• Believing many gods

• Believing in one god

• Believing no gods

• A good idea that other and future civilizations use.

Cuneiform is to Sumerians as _______________ is to Egyptians.

• Triangles and lines

• Hieroglyphics

• English

• German

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Babylonian ruler, Hammurabi created a uniform code of written laws 

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia
• Indus Valley
• China